AlthoughBeau hadn’t told him what he was getting – insisting it be a surprise until Timplaced the outline on his skin – Ethan had loved it immediately. And Beau wasright, it was never too late. Not to go after what you wanted. Hell, they wereboth living proof of that.
Ethanwas particularly fond of the tattoo – both the design and the meaning – andlooked forward to being able to see it, especially when he was lodged deepinside of Beau’s magnificent body.
“Allgood?” Tim asked Beau, cleaning up his workspace. The guy had been true to hisword, calling Ethan up yesterday to let him know he’d be in Austin. They’d metup with him at one of Tim’s buddy’s tattoo shops a few hours ago, and now itlooked as though they were finished.
“Ilike it,” Beau confirmed. “Nice job, man.”
Timlooked pleased as he glanced between the two of them.
“Yousure you don’t want another one?” Tim asked Ethan.
Shakinghis head, he grinned. “Not yet anyway. Won’t rule out never, but not just yet.”
Thenext one he planned to get would be on his left index finger – with Beaugetting a matching one. One that symbolized the promise he fully intended tomake to Beau one day in the very near future.
Epilogue
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Sawyerstood along the outer wall, watching as people walked around the large, openbanquet room. As it turned out, the conference area at Alluring IndulgenceResort doubled as a reception hall quite nicely. Just like he’d told Zane itwould.
Ethanand Beau hadn’t wasted any time once they made the decision to formalize theirrelationship, not even giving Zane and V a chance to get married before theydecided to do the deed. It had been rather amusing to watch Zane get huffy overthe fact that another one bit the dust before he managed to. His words exactly.Then again, Zane had no one to blame except for Beau, who had beaten Ethan tothe punch and proposed first, insisting that the wedding be prompt. He wasproud of that fact too.
Nowthat the official (yet unofficial) ceremony was over, everyone had gathered to celebratethe union between Ethan and Beau. The ceremony had been touching, even Sawyercould admit that much. As he had stood beside Ethan as his best man, and Zanebeside Beau, the two men had pronounced their love and lifetime commitment toone another. Sawyer had heard sobs from the women in the audience, the loudestof which had probably been their mother. Rightfully so.
Sawyernoticed Travis and Kaleb talking to the groom – or rather to both grooms as wasthe case – and he moved over to eavesdrop, without actually eavesdropping.Stepping up beside Ethan, he clapped him on the back as Travis explainedsomething about the information on a piece of paper they were signing.
“It’sbinding,” Travis added.
“Ihope so,” Beau said with a grin, glancing over at Ethan.
Sawyerlaughed and then stepped away, grabbing a flute of champagne from the tray of apassing waiter. He noticed his father and his mother on the dance floor, movingslowly as they looked back at one another.
Oneday,Sawyer thought to himself.
Yep,one day he might just find what the two of them found all those years ago. Orhell, he’d be content with finding what Kaleb and Zoey, Zane and V, Travis,Kylie and Gage, as well as Ethan and Beau had found. He just wasn’t sure it wasin his cards.
Ethanand Beau passed in front of him, laughing at something Zane had said and Sawyerwatched them for a second.
Thosetwo were certainly made for one another and Sawyer didn’t have a single doubtin his mind that they would share the rest of their lives together. There maynot be any guarantees in life, but Sawyer could sense that those two were meantto be.
Hell,just a short while ago, he’d watched while Ethan had held Kaleb’s son in hisarms, Beau by his side, and it was easy to imagine the two of them with one oftheir own in the future. Sawyer wasn’t quite sure what their plans were, but nomatter what they decided, he’d be right there rooting for them all the way.
Anothercouple that caught Sawyer’s attention was his cousin Tessa and her husband,Cooper. Not long ago, they’d all attended their wedding and being that Cooper wasa country music superstar, Zane thought it only fitting to invite them.
Thankfully,Travis had informed Cooper that he didn’t have to perform. Instead, Travis hadinvited a friend of his, Cheyenne Montgomery, to be the night’s entertainment.Sawyer wasn’t sure when it happened, but somewhere along the way, Brendonmust’ve become a country music fan because when the woman wasn’t singing, shewas talking to him.
Speakingof Brendon… Sawyer’s attention was drawn to Braydon and Jessie as they leanedagainst one another, their feet barely moving while they swayed to the slowtune. Sawyer wasn’t so sure about those two. Or rather, three. Although tonightit was clear Brendon had other things on his mind. Not that Braydon or Jessieseemed to notice, or care, that he was missing. And maybe that was the issue.For what was supposed to be a threesome, lately it seemed there was always atleast one missing – and not the same one every time.
Hecaught sight of Sheriff Endsley moving over to talk to Curtis as Sawyer’sfather exited the dance floor, and Sawyer immediately began searching the room.He had no idea whether the man’s daughter would’ve come, but he was certainlyone to hope. It didn’t take long to spot her. He merely had to search for themost beautiful woman in the place.
Andthere she was.
KennedyEndsley was stunning. That was the case no matter what she was wearing, but asshe moved so gracefully across the room in that silky emerald green dress thatclung to her lithe body, his mouth literally watered. He downed what was leftof the champagne in his glass and set it on an empty table before moving acrossthe room with purpose.
Shemight not want to have anything to do with him, but at least here she couldn’tmake a scene. Or at least he hoped she wouldn’t.
“Hey,”he greeted when he snuck up beside her.
